St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-27

Marshal in a Bad Light, and
Says He Was Not "Aimost
Killed."
To the Editor of the Globe.
The GLOBE of Nov. "a contained a re-
| port from Chaska headed ''AlmoSt
Killed." wherein quarrel which Oc-
Cured at the saloon of BrinkhauS e
Riedele Bros, in Chaska, was grossly
misrepresented and exaggerated. Know
ing that the GLOBE desires to do justice
to everybody, do most respectfully re-
quest you to publish the following brief
and thoroughly correct statement OF
said sad occurrence:
On the evening of Nov. % rattle for
turkeys had been arranged by Brink
haus & Riedele Bros, and while a
number of well known and generally
respected citizens of Chaska were enjoy
ing said sport at our saloon the marshal
of the town. Henry Ehrmentraut, en-
tered our place of business and boosted
that he had taken horse of Mr.. Liver
mann, a prominent brewer in Chaska,
because Livermann, who had delivered
several kegs of beer to us, had left his
horse tied to post in front of our saloon
between and 10 o'clock p. IN. The
for Liyermann, and to release the
horse, in question, because she had
a grudge against Liyermann,"
and wanted to compel him
to come to him personally, and to beg
for the release of his horse" | told
Ehrmentraut that he hadnOt acted nicely,
and when Livermann, who was seated
at one of the tables and took part in
rattle, made similar remark, the
marshal walked up to him in rage,
struck the table several times with his
fist and said, cursing and swearing: II
have got your horse. and am going to
keep it till tomorrow My brother
Anton, who was sitting at the same
table with Livermann, requested the
marshal to behave himself and to quit
pounding the table, but that seemed to
excite Ehrmentraut, who, after
few hot words had been exchanged.
cried to my brother Anton, who had also
rebuked him: That is none of your
Cd id businessl at the same time
striking the table again so powerfully
that a large piece of the board broke off.
This outburst brought my brother An
ton to his feet, who struck Ehrmentraut
twice into the face. l interfered and
separated the two, whereupon Anton
walked behind the bar and served on
several customers. Ehrmentrant re-
newed the quarrel by calling my brother
Anton several low and dirty names, and
charging him with cOwardice. Anton
left now his place behind the counter
with the intention to make the disturber
leave the saloon, but Ehrmentraut,
giant, over six fee in hei hit,
at him with a force that might have
killed him if Anton had not lodged the
blow Immediately. Anton struck back
and felled the marshal to the floor,
where he hit him with his fist two or
three times more. Anton then walked
back to the bar and gave Ehrmentraut,
who had arisen from the floor without
any assistance, some whisky to apply to
his sore eye. Ehrmentraut tried when
leaving the saloon to hit Livermann,
and this alone is sufficient so show that
the marshal was, at the time, a lively
man yet, and not almost killed, as your
reporter had it. He took a
three days rest after this
occurrence in which he had surely not
acted as it becomes an officer and gen.
tleman. Ehrmentraut'S ''injurieS" con-
sisted of ''biue' eye and a swollen
him at all from performing his duty the
next day. The marshal and some ILL
wiIled parties have tried to make a
criminal case of this occurrence, and for
the sake of justice we ask the public to
withhold their verdict until our case
has been tried. The jury's verdict will
surely show that this is nothing less
than malicious prosecution.
PHILIP RIEDELE,
Of the firm of Brinkman & Riedele
Bros.
Chaska. Dec &c.